Brain-Computer Interface 47 Stories

A brain-computer interface means no touchpad, no keyboard, just pure thought. We look at cutting-edge research in neuroscience and computing in the quest to create a brain-machine interface.

Photo illustration of soldier and brain interfaces

Humans and Technology

The US military is trying to read minds

A new DARPA research program is developing brain-computer interfaces that could control “swarms of drones, operating at the speed of thought.” What if it succeeds?

by Paul Tullis
2019-10-16T07:00:00-04:00

Facebook prototype thought helmet

Humans and Technology

Facebook is funding brain experiments to create a device that reads your mind

Big tech firms are trying to read people’s thoughts, and no one’s ready for the consequences.

by Antonio Regalado
2019-07-30T11:01:10-04:00

Portrait of Nathan Copeland, one of the first people to have a brain computer interface, with a robot arm behind his head

Humans and Technology

Man with brain implant on Musk’s Neuralink: “I would play video games”

Nathan Copeland, a pioneering research subject, talks about his brain-computer interface and why he’s excited for Elon Musk’s.

by Antonio Regalado
2019-07-19T03:00:01-04:00

An image of a woman with a device behind her ear

Humans and Technology

What’s new and what isn’t about Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface

It’s state of the art, but Neuralink still has a long way to go

by Antonio Regalado
2019-07-18T11:39:40-04:00

Humans and Technology

Elon Musk’s Neuralink says it’s nearly ready for the first human volunteers

by Charlotte Jee
2019-07-17T05:42:12-04:00

Humans and Technology

Scientists have found a way to decode brain signals into speech

It’s a step towards a system that would let people send texts straight from their brains.

by Antonio Regalado
2019-04-24T13:30:14-04:00

Humans and Technology

Brain implants, AI, and a speech synthesizer have turned brain activity into robot words

by Charlotte Jee
2019-01-29T12:24:55-05:00

Humans and Technology

The Best of the Physics arXiv (week ending November 17, 2018

This week’s most thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.

by Emerging Technology from the arXiv
2018-11-17T08:00:00-05:00

Humans and Technology

The first “social network” of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other’s heads

BrainNet allows collaborative problem-solving using direct brain-to-brain communication.

by Emerging Technology from the arXiv
2018-09-29T09:00:00-04:00

Tech Policy

The Best of the Physics arXiv (week ending September 22, 2018)

This week’s most thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.

by Emerging Technology from the arXiv
2018-09-22T08:00:00-04:00

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